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Add a Cloud Account

Add a cloud account to copy the recovery points to a cloud storage. You can use this account while creating File Copy or File Archive task.

The available options are Amazon S3, Amazon S3-compatible, Windows Azure, Windows Azure-compatible, Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus.

Instead of Amazon S3, if for Storage Service you select the Amazon S3 -Compatible or Windows Azure - Compatible option, then you need to enter details for Storage Endpoint.

Storage Endpoint

Specifies the Vendor service URL. For example, http://[server name]:Port No

Notes:

• Using Eucalyptus-Walrus as your file copy cloud vendor, you cannot copy files whose path length is greater than 170 characters.
• For S3 Compatible/S3 sub-vendors, who use the V3/V2 authentication type to get certified with Arcserve CCI, it works fine as the default Signer type override flag is set to True. But, sub-vendors using the V4 authentication need to change the flag to False in the AmazonPlugin.properties file and restart services.

  SIGNER_OVERRIDE=false

• To support HGST cloud for Amazon-S3 Compatible, you have to change the following AmazonPlugin.property:

  SET_STORAGECLASS_HEADER=false
  

  This property helps to skip the storage header. As a result, using this property if you add a File Copy / File Archive task with Amazon as the Cloud destination, by default the storage header is skipped.

  The AmazonPlugin.properties file is located at the following location:

  C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\BIN\CCI\Config
  

  C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Management\BIN\CCI\Config
  

The configuration options for each cloud vendor are similar (with some different terminology), and any differences are described.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to Arcserve UDP, and click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Cloud Accounts.

   The Destinations: Cloud Accounts page is displayed in the center pane.

3. Click Add a Cloud Account.

   The Add a Cloud Account page is displayed.

4. Enter the following details:

   Storage Name

   Specifies the name of the cloud storage. This name will be added to Console for identifying the cloud account. Each cloud account must have a unique storage name.

   Storage Service

   Select the service from the drop-down list. The configuration option varies depending on the storage service that is selected.

   Access Key ID/Account Name/Query ID

   Identifies the user who is requesting access to this location.

   (For this field, Amazon S3 uses Access Key ID, Windows Azure and Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure) use Account Name, and Eucalyptus-Walrus uses Query ID).

   Secret Access Key/Secret Key

   Because your Access Key is not encrypted, this Secret Access Key is a password that is used to verify the authenticity of the request to access this location.

   Important! This Secret Access Key is crucial for maintaining the security of your accounts. You should keep your keys and your account credentials in a secure location. Do not embed your Secret Access Key in a web page or other publicly accessible source code and do not transmit it over insecure channels.

   (For this field, Amazon S3 uses Secret Access Key. Windows Azure, Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus use Secret Key).

   Proxy Settings

   Specifies the proxy server settings. Select Connect using a proxy server to enable this option. If you select this option, you must also include the IP address (or machine name) of the proxy server and the corresponding port number that is used by the proxy server for internet connections. You can also select this option if your proxy server requires authentication. You then must provide the corresponding authentication information (Domain Name\Username and Password) that is required to use the proxy server.

   (Proxy capability is not available for Eucalyptus-Walrus).

   Bucket Name

   All files and folders moved or copied to the cloud vendor are stored and organized in your buckets (or containers). Buckets are like a container for your files and are used to group and organize objects together. Every object stored at the cloud vendor is placed in a bucket.

   (For this field, Amazon S3 and Eucalyptus-Walrus use Bucket Name. Windows Azure and Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure) use Container).

   Note: For the remainder of this step, all references to Buckets can also be applied to Containers unless specified.

   Enable Reduced Redundancy Storage

   For Amazon S3 only, this option lets you select to enable Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS). RRS is a storage option within Amazon S3 that helps you reduce cost by storing non-critical, reproducible data at lower levels of redundancy than Amazon S3’s standard storage. Both the standard and reduced redundancy storage options store data in multiple facilities and on multiple devices, but with RRS the data is replicated fewer times, so the cost is less. You should expect the same latency and throughput using either the Amazon S3 standard storage or RRS. By default this option is not selected (Amazon S3 uses the standard storage option).

5. Click OK.

   The cloud account is added to the Console.

Note: If you have configured File Copy and File Archive in previous version of Arcserve UDP and now you upgrade to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0, then for File Archive, Arcserve UDP creates a new cloud bucket suffixed with -fa. File Copy uses the same bucket as in the previous version.